Fast but clear….
I was lucky enough to have Friday off and go fishing with Ray and my good friend Paul from Cumbria. Paul had got up at 4am to drive down and meet us and bounced out of the car some 5 1/2 hours later where we had arranged to meet ready to hit the ground running. Paul is one of the most talented fishermen I have had the pleasure to meet and probably one of the most modest guys I know.
The river was slightly lower from where Stuart had left it the week before and I hoped he’d left a few fish for us too! I hoped that there might be the chance of a little hatch of Large Dark Olives (LDO) and with it a possibilty of throwing a dry at some rising grayling. I took Paul down to the river but although clearer and lower there was a pretty lively flow to things and any hopes of a New Zealand rig were put back and it was down to the heavy pink stuff. I stayed with Paul for a bit to see him in action and to be there when he caught his first fish. It was pretty cool when he did and to see how excited he was. That is the great thing about fishing, there is always something new to experience!
It looked like where the water had been so high that the shoals of grayling had spread a little and instead of picking 4 or 5 fish out of a hole that it was the odd one or two. Thing started to hot up around 4 o’clock time and even a few fish rose but not enough to cut off the ever faithful pink bug!
I am taking someone up there next week and reckon if things stay as they are we could be in for a really good day.
I am hoping Mark will write about the magazine article he did with our latest member of the team, Jaqui as it sounds like they had a ball.
I had a call from our fishing buddy Toby who says the pike are biting at the moment despite high water and a call from our friend Lewis who is back from NZ and sounds like he has some fishing stories! He is popping in this week and I am going to see if he would like to write something for us as it sounded an awesome trip.
The courses have proved popular already, especially the salmon and sea trout. Bob has secured another river beat for us that is rough and ready but stunning. We fished it last year and will prove testing for even the most experienced fishermen. I guess we are lucky to have so much fishing on our doorstep!
It is a busy week this week and I hope the weather holds!
Pete
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